Hijackthis log file (freezing up in IE7, Vista)

I'm working with IE7 in Vista Home Premium. Recently IE started to freeze up after an hour or so of connectivity. When this happens the Control Panel also will not open correctly. However I can still browse with Firefox. The problem continues until I log out & back in.

Also, I noticed that the quick launch taskbar toolbar does not automatically startup with my computer.

I took the steps you recommended, and i attached the requested files. The AVG Anti-Rootkit scan reported that none were found.

Sometime during the process the quicklaunch toolbar started to load with windows, however i am still running into problems with IE. Could the BHOs be causing it?

When I ran SS&D as per step 14 the result was:
"Company: TouchStone Software
Product: eSupport.FFBiosExt
Threat: PUPS

Functionality
This software is an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox, it is capable of reading bios information and determine the appropiate update.

Description
The stated functionality is given but the add-on is not uninstallable, it also installs a service which is also not uninstallable. The corresponding add-on for the Internet Explorer is uninstallable."

I was unable to fix this as I was not using an administrative account, as instructed. Should I run it again as an administrator and fix?

I would also appreciate if you'd be able to offer suggestions for improving performance based on my logs.